Although Microsoft hasn’t made any information on the following big Windows release available to the public, more details are beginning to surface. The upcoming Windows operating system, which is expected to be called “Windows 12,” is being created as a more contemporary and modular operating system.
A source reportedly told Windows Central that a new project with the working title of CorePC is currently being worked on. The long-developed idea of Windows Core OS, which has never been realized as a final product, is intended to be the successor with this.
Microsoft has been working on developing a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) for a long time. The UWP can have a light operating system that favors upgrades that are quicker to install and have higher security. The company has tried similar initiatives with operating systems like Windows 10X, but both the system and the Surface Neo device it was planned to run on were shelved in 2021. Windows 11 included several UI components, but the bigger idea seems to have been dropped.
Windows Central has since discovered that Microsoft is prepared to make another attempt with CorePC, a brand-new initiative that will abandon attempts to create a product that would ship “on top of Windows Core OS for traditional PCs.” The business will instead concentrate on offering “native compatibility for legacy Win32 apps on devices.”
The CorePC project plans to create a “modular and adaptable” version of Windows that will enable PCs to run several Windows “editions” with various support tiers. That implies that various form factors and PCs will have varying capabilities. Over the years, Microsoft has made numerous unsuccessful attempts at doing this.
The CorePC project plans to create a “modular and adaptable” version of Windows that will enable PCs to run several Windows “editions” with various support tiers. That implies that various form factors and PCs will have varying capabilities. Over the years, Microsoft has made numerous unsuccessful attempts at doing this.
Incidentally, Microsoft also terminated the Win32 app waiting programme in the Microsoft Store at the end of May 2022. Applications running on Windows and using C++, WinForms, WPF, MAUI, React, Rust, Flutter, and Java in particular are compatible with the Microsoft Store.
According to the publication, CorePC will also purportedly include features similar to iPadOS or Android, where read-only partitions are unavailable to the user and third-party apps, enabling improved security.
The new project is also an example of Microsoft’s efforts to reshape Windows to fit its fresh AI aspirations. This has been a recurring topic in the brand’s recent adoption of AI. Similar overhauls have been made to programmed like Microsoft Teams and Bing Search (in the form of Bing Talk). On-display analysis, initiating projects from prompts, detecting photos, and AI cut-and-paste are a few of the AI features that will be incorporated into CorePC.
CorePC faces competition from Chromebooks and Windows via Project Latte with its anticipated 2024 release date for the next major edition of the Windows client. According to Windows Central, Microsoft is also developing an OS that is “silicon-optimized… in a way similar to that of Apple Silicon.”
